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June 11 (Reuters) - Some U.S. stocks to watch on Tuesday:

MARKETS SET TO OPEN LOWER

U.S. stock market were poised to open lower on Tuesday, with
all the major futures indexes showing declines. S&P 500 futures
, Dow Jones industrial average futures, and Nasdaq
100 futures were down between 0.7 percent and 0.9
percent.

** DOLE FOOD CO INC, Monday close $10.20, up 16 pct
premarket

Fruit and fresh vegetable distributor Dole Food Co Inc
DOLE.N received an unsolicited buyout offer from Chief Executive
David Murdock valuing the company at just over $1 billion.